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A Brief History of the Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War (1936 – 1939) has come to symbolize the clash between the ideologies of liberalism, socialism and communism versus conservatism, traditionalism and fascism. Spain, at the dawn of the 20th century, was caught in a crisis of identity and purpose. The once-mighty Spanish Empire was no more. Most of the countries of…
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Update on Tunisia
TUNIS // For years, Hamma Hammami’s chief concern was staying out of a Tunisian jail. Today, it is fielding non-stop phone calls from local and international media. “The fact that we spoke against Ben Ali gives us credibility,” said Mr Hammami, 59, spokesman for the long-banned Communist Party of Tunisian Workers (PCOT), juggling phone interviews…
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Clara Zetkin on Organizing Women Workers
Clara Zetkin (1857-1933) founded International Women’s Day on the 8th March, 1911. In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day and in the memory of comrade Zetkin we invite our readers to read her speech to the Fourth Congress of the Communist International on the question of organizing women workers. Comrades, before I…
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The Oil Spill: A Legacy of Filth
By even the lightest estimates, the British Petroleum (BP) oil catastrophe can be counted as one of the greatest man-made environmental disasters of all time. There is little argument that the spill is a calamity that has blighted the livelihoods of millions, but according to many environmental studies the worst is yet to come. The…
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Imperialism: A Beginner’s Guide
In waging its resistance to capitalist exploitation abroad, the worker’s movement has heavily involved itself in anti-imperialism in its actions and stances. In resisting this force, it is essential for us to have a coherent and consistent understanding of imperialism. What is it? What are its forms? What brought it about and how are we…
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Review: “The Brest Fortress”
February 23rd is the holiday known as Defender of the Fatherland Day in Belarus and several other former Soviet Republics. Originally known as Red Army Day, its name was changed to Soviet Army and Navy Day in 1949 and it was given its current name after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. We…
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Desperate Bid of the U.S. to Avoid Regime Change in Egypt
From TML Daily of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist): The Anglo-Zionist imperialists, with the U.S. at the helm are desperately trying to divert the people’s movement in Egypt from accomplishing its just aim of regime change and to block the further spread of this revolutionary fervour across the region. This situation constitutes arguably the greatest…
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Review: “Redacted”
Introduction: A Better War Movie In American cinematography, war movies have come in two flavors exclusively: those movies which ultimately support and fetishize war, and those films which are critical of certain wars and actions; typically coming from a liberal perspective with proper amounts of patriotic sentimentalism, apologism for the barbarous acts of US soldiers…
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Wisconsin Governor Threatens to call in National Guard against State Workers
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker made the dramatic announcement on the morning of 11 February that he is prepared to call in the Wisconsin National Guard to respond if there is any unrest among state employees. In the wake of his announcement that he wants to revoke nearly all of their collective bargaining rights. Walker said…
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An Analysis of the American Service Economy
Over the course of recent decades, a theory had been presented over and over in the bourgeois press. This theory is known as a “service-based economy.” On the face of it, this theory seems plausible. Like most bourgeois economic theories, it is idealistic in nature and ignores a key factor in economics. There are two…
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